Chairman: I thank everybody for attending this morning. As we are in public session I remind members, witnesses and those in the Gallery that mobile phones should be turned off or be in flight mode for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment. As members are aware, the general scheme of the public health (standardised packaging of tobacco) Bill was referred to the joint committee for consideration before Christmas. Before the Christmas recess, the Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the Chief Medical Officer made a presentation to the joint committee by way of introduction to this important legislation. Last week, we heard from a wide variety of groups, as well as the Revenue Commissioners, An Garda Síochána and the HSE. This morning, we are continuing with a fourth meeting in the series that will convene over the next couple of weeks, culminating next week in considering the heads of the Bill. Today we will hear of the potential effects of legislation from a public health policy viewpoint. I welcome all our witnesses this morning from the Irish Medical Organisation, the Irish Thoracic Society, the Institute of Public Health in Ireland, the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, the TobaccoFree Research Institute of Ireland and St. James's Hospital. I will introduce the witnesses individually as we speak to them.